"Job satisfaction stems from the investment of resources and talents to produce success around a prioritized and transparent collection of responsibilities(27)."
"Without clear, explicit definitions and mutual agreement on the purpose of school, it becomes difficult to meet each other's needs, to assess one's own adequacy, or to measure progress meaningfully(29)."
"As partners in teaching, learning specialists must work with teachers to provide collective evidence of the learning that results from their combined instruction(29)."
Teachers have "a safe place for development, feedback, and problem solving that is not connected to formal teacher evaluation."
The SL can "serve as the bridge to help teachers make the connections between inquiry-based learning and information-literacy skills throughout the curriculum at all levels.
"Effective partnerships help teachers meet their existing priorities, which include the implementation of a standards-based curriculum."
Other benefits of instructional partnerships include: teachers have access to a range of resources beyond what classroom teachers can provide, support with various technology, and opportunities for creative synergy and cooperative problem solving (38).
"While measures of external accountability have reframed public debate on education, external accountability cannot save a system in which staff members work in isolation from one another (29)."
Citation: Zmuda, Allison, and Violet H. Harada. "The Learning Specialist: Clarifying the Role of Library Media Specialists." Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century. Eds. Allison Zmuda and Violet H. Harada. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2008. 23 – 43. Print.
- "Job satisfaction stems from the investment of resources and talents to produce success around a prioritized and transparent collection of responsibilities(27)."
- "Without clear, explicit definitions and mutual agreement on the purpose of school, it becomes difficult to meet each other's needs, to assess one's own adequacy, or to measure progress meaningfully(29)."
- "As partners in teaching, learning specialists must work with teachers to provide collective evidence of the learning that results from their combined instruction(29)."
- Teachers have "a safe place for development, feedback, and problem solving that is not connected to formal teacher evaluation."
- The SL can "serve as the bridge to help teachers make the connections between inquiry-based learning and information-literacy skills throughout the curriculum at all levels.
- "Effective partnerships help teachers meet their existing priorities, which include the implementation of a standards-based curriculum."
- Other benefits of instructional partnerships include: teachers have access to a range of resources beyond what classroom teachers can provide, support with various technology, and opportunities for creative synergy and cooperative problem solving (38).
- "While measures of external accountability have reframed public debate on education, external accountability cannot save a system in which staff members work in isolation from one another (29)."
Citation:Zmuda, Allison, and Violet H. Harada. "The Learning Specialist: Clarifying the Role of Library Media Specialists." Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century. Eds. Allison Zmuda and Violet H. Harada. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2008. 23 – 43. Print.
Module 1.2 Notes (LaMetra)